SECURITIES PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “
Agreement ”), dated as of March 7,
2007, by and among Grant Life Sciences, Inc., a Nevada corporation,
with headquarters located at 3550 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1700, Los
Angeles, CA 90010 (the “ Company ”),
and each of the purchasers set forth on the signature pages hereto
(the “ Buyers ”).
A. The Company and the Buyers are executing and
delivering this Agreement in reliance upon the exemption from
securities registration afforded by the rules and regulations as
promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
(the “SEC”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “1933 Act”);
B. Buyers desire to purchase and the Company
desires to issue and sell, upon the terms and conditions set forth
in this Agreement (i) 10% secured convertible notes of the
Company, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
“A” , in the aggregate principal amount
of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000) (together with any
note(s) issued in replacement thereof or as a dividend thereon or
otherwise with respect thereto in accordance with the terms
thereof, the “ Notes ”), convertible
into shares of common stock, par value $.001 per share, of the
Company (the “ Common Stock ”), upon
the terms and subject to the limitations and conditions set forth
in such Notes and (ii) warrants, in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit “B” , to purchase 1,000,000
shares of Common Stock (the “Warrants”
).
C. Each Buyer wishes to purchase, upon the terms
and conditions stated in this Agreement, such principal amount of
Notes and number of Warrants as is set forth immediately below its
name on the signature pages hereto; and
D. Contemporaneous with the execution and delivery
of this Agreement, the parties hereto are executing and delivering
a Registration Rights Agreement, in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit “C” (the “
Registration Rights Agreement ”), pursuant
to which the Company has agreed to provide certain registration
rights under the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, and applicable state securities laws.
NOW THEREFORE , the Company and each of the Buyers severally
(and not jointly) hereby agree as follows:
1.
PURCHASE AND SALE OF
NOTES AND WARRANTS .
a.
Purchase of Notes and
Warrants . On
the Closing Date (as defined below), the Company shall issue and
sell to each Buyer and each Buyer severally agrees to purchase from
the Company such principal amount of Notes and number of Warrants
as is set forth immediately below such Buyer’s name on the
signature pages hereto.
b.
Form of
Payment . On the
Closing Date (as defined below), (i) each Buyer shall pay the
purchase price for the Notes and the Warrants to be issued and sold
to it at the Closing (as defined below) (the “
Purchase Price ”) by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the Company, in accordance with the
Company’s written wiring instructions, against delivery of
the Notes in the principal amount equal to the Purchase Price and
the number of Warrants as is set forth immediately below such
Buyer’s name on the signature pages hereto, and (ii) the
Company shall deliver such Notes and Warrants duly executed on
behalf of the Company, to such Buyer, against delivery of such
Purchase Price.
c.
Closing
Date . Subject
to the satisfaction (or written waiver) of the conditions thereto
set forth in Section 6 and Section 7 below, the date and time of
the issuance and sale of the Notes and the Warrants pursuant to
this Agreement (the “ Closing Date ”)
shall be 12:00 noon, Eastern Standard Time on March 7, 2007,
or such other mutually agreed upon time. The closing of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “
Closing ”) shall occur on the Closing Date
at such location as may be agreed to by the parties.
2.
BUYERS’
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES . Each Buyer severally (and not jointly)
represents and warrants to the Company solely as to such Buyer
that:
a.
Investment
Purpose . As of
the date hereof, the Buyer is purchasing the Notes and the shares
of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of or otherwise pursuant
to the Notes (including, without limitation, such additional shares
of Common Stock, if any, as are issuable (i) on account of
interest on the Notes, (ii) as a result of the events
described in Sections 1.3 and 1.4(g) of the Notes and Section 2(c)
of the Registration Rights Agreement or (iii) in payment of
the Standard Liquidated Damages Amount (as defined in Section 2(f)
below) pursuant to this Agreement, such shares of Common Stock
being collectively referred to herein as the “
Conversion Shares ”) and the Warrants and
the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise thereof (the
“ Warrant Shares ” and, collectively
with the Notes, Warrants and Conversion Shares, the “
Securities ”) for its own account and not
with a present view towards the public sale or distribution
thereof, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted from
registration under the 1933 Act; provided , however ,
that by making the representations herein, the Buyer does not agree
to hold any of the Securities for any minimum or other specific
term and reserves the right to dispose of the Securities at any
time in accordance with or pursuant to a registration statement or
an exemption under the 1933 Act.
b.
Accredited Investor
Status . The
Buyer is an “accredited investor” as that term is
defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D (an “
Accredited Investor ”).
c.
Reliance on
Exemptions . The
Buyer understands that the Securities are being offered and sold to
it in reliance upon specific exemptions from the registration
requirements of United States federal and state securities laws and
that the Company is relying upon the truth and accuracy of, and the
Buyer’s compliance with, the representations, warranties,
agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of the Buyer set
forth herein in order to determine the availability of such
exemptions and the eligibility of the Buyer to acquire the
Securities.
d.
Information . The Buyer and its advisors, if any, have
been, and for so long as the Notes and Warrants remain outstanding
will continue to be, furnished with all materials relating to the
business, finances and operations of the Company and materials
relating to the offer and sale of the Securities which have been
requested by the Buyer or its advisors. The Buyer and its advisors,
if any, have been, and for so long as the Notes and Warrants remain
outstanding will continue to be, afforded the opportunity to ask
questions of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Company has not disclosed to the Buyer any material nonpublic
information and will not disclose such information unless such
information is disclosed to the public prior to or promptly
following such disclosure to the Buyer. Neither such inquiries nor
any other due diligence investigation conducted by Buyer or any of
its advisors or representatives shall modify, amend or affect
Buyer’s right to rely on the Company’s representations
and warranties contained in Section 3 below. The Buyer understands
that its investment in the Securities involves a significant degree
of risk.
e.
Governmental
Review . The
Buyer understands that no United States federal or state agency or
any other government or governmental agency has passed upon or made
any recommendation or endorsement of the Securities.
f.
Transfer or
Re-sale . The
Buyer understands that (i) except as provided in the
Registration Rights Agreement, the sale or re-sale of the
Securities has not been and is not being registered under the 1933
Act or any applicable state securities laws, and the Securities may
not be transferred unless (a) the Securities are sold pursuant
to an effective registration statement under the 1933 Act,
(b) the Buyer shall have delivered to the Company an opinion
of counsel reasonably acceptable to the Company that shall be in
form, substance and scope customary for opinions of counsel in
comparable transactions to the effect that the Securities to be
sold or transferred may be sold or transferred pursuant to an
exemption from such registration, which opinion shall be accepted
by the Company, (c) the Securities are sold or transferred to
an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144 promulgated
under the 1933 Act (or a successor rule) (“ Rule
144 ”)) of the Buyer who agrees to sell or otherwise
transfer the Securities only in accordance with this Section 2(f)
and who is an Accredited Investor, (d) the Securities are sold
pursuant to Rule 144, or (e) the Securities are sold pursuant
to Regulation S under the 1933 Act (or a successor rule) (“
Regulation S ”), and the Buyer shall have
delivered to the Company an opinion of counsel that shall be in
form, substance and scope customary for opinions of counsel in
corporate transactions, which opinion shall be accepted by the
Company; (ii) any sale of such Securities made in reliance on Rule
144 may be made only in accordance with the terms of said Rule and
further, if said Rule is not applicable, any re-sale of such
Securities under circumstances in which the seller (or the person
through whom the sale is made) may be deemed to be an underwriter
(as that term is defined in the 1933 Act) may require compliance
with some other exemption under the 1933 Act or the rules and
regulations of the SEC thereunder; and (iii) neither the Company
nor any other person is under any obligation to register such
Securities under the 1933 Act or any state securities laws or to
comply with the terms and conditions of any exemption thereunder
(in each case, other than pursuant to the Registration Rights
Agreement). Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything else
contained herein to the contrary, the Securities may be pledged as
collateral in connection with a bona fide
margin account or other lending arrangement. In the event that the
Company does not accept the opinion of counsel provided by the
Buyer with respect to the transfer of Securities pursuant to an
exemption from registration, such as Rule 144 or Regulation S,
within three (3) business days of delivery of the opinion to the
Company, the Company shall pay to the Buyer liquidated damages of
three percent (3%) of the outstanding amount of the Notes per month
plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes, prorated for partial
months, in cash or shares at the option of the Company (“
Standard Liquidated Damages Amount ”). If
the Company elects to be pay the Standard Liquidated Damages Amount
in shares of Common Stock, such shares shall be issued at the
Conversion Price at the time of payment.
g.
Legends . The Buyer understands that the Notes and the
Warrants and, until such time as the Conversion Shares and Warrant
Shares have been registered under the 1933 Act as contemplated by
the Registration Rights Agreement or otherwise may be sold pursuant
to Rule 144 or Regulation S without any restriction as to the
number of securities as of a particular date that can then be
immediately sold, the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares may bear
a restrictive legend in substantially the following form (and a
stop-transfer order may be placed against transfer of the
certificates for such Securities):
“The
securities represented by this certificate have not been registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The securities may
not be sold, transferred or assigned in the absence of an effective
registration statement for the securities under said Act, or an
opinion of counsel, in form, substance and scope customary for
opinions of counsel in comparable transactions, that registration
is not required under said Act or unless sold pursuant to Rule 144
or Regulation S under said Act.”
The legend set forth above shall be removed and
the Company shall issue a certificate without such legend to the
holder of any Security upon which it is stamped, if, unless
otherwise required by applicable state securities laws, (a) such
Security is registered for sale under an effective registration
statement filed under the 1933 Act or otherwise may be sold
pursuant to Rule 144 or Regulation S without any restriction as to
the number of securities as of a particular date that can then be
immediately sold, or (b) such holder provides the Company with an
opinion of counsel, in form, substance and scope customary for
opinions of counsel in comparable transactions which opinion shall
be reasonably acceptable to the Company’s counsel, to the
effect that a public sale or transfer of such Security may be made
without registration under the 1933 Act, which opinion shall be
accepted by the Company so that the sale or transfer is effected or
(c) such holder provides the Company with reasonable assurances
that such Security can be sold pursuant to Rule 144 or Regulation
S. The Buyer agrees to sell all Securities, including those
represented by a certificate(s) from which the legend has been
removed, in compliance with applicable prospectus delivery
requirements, if any.
h.
Authorization;
Enforcement .
This Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement have been duly
and validly authorized. This Agreement has been duly executed and
delivered on behalf of the Buyer, and this Agreement constitutes,
and upon execution and delivery by the Buyer of the Registration
Rights Agreement, such agreement will constitute, valid and binding
agreements of the Buyer enforceable in accordance with their
terms.
i.
Residency . The Buyer is a resident of the jurisdiction
set forth immediately below such Buyer’s name on the
signature pages hereto.
3.
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY . The Company represents and warrants to each
Buyer that:
a.
Organization and
Qualification .
The Company and each of its Subsidiaries (as defined below), if
any, is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is
incorporated, with full power and authority (corporate and other)
to own, lease, use and operate its properties and to carry on its
business as and where now owned, leased, used, operated and
conducted. Schedule 3(a) sets forth a list of all
of the Subsidiaries of the Company and the jurisdiction in which
each is incorporated. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is
duly qualified as a foreign corporation to do business and is in
good standing in every jurisdiction in which its ownership or use
of property or the nature of the business conducted by it makes
such qualification necessary except where the failure to be so
qualified or in good standing would not have a Material Adverse
Effect. “ Material Adverse Effect ”
means any material adverse effect on the business, operations,
assets, financial condition or prospects of the Company or its
Subsidiaries, if any, taken as a whole, or on the transactions
contemplated hereby or by the agreements or instruments to be
entered into in connection herewith. “
Subsidiaries ” means any corporation or
other organization, whether incorporated or unincorporated, in
which the Company owns, directly or indirectly, any equity or other
ownership interest.
b.
Authorization;
Enforcement .
(i) The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to
enter into and perform this Agreement, the Registration Rights
Agreement, the Notes and the Warrants and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and to issue the
Securities, in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, (ii)
the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Registration
Rights Agreement, the Notes and the Warrants by the Company and the
consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby (including without limitation, the issuance of the Notes
and the Warrants and the issuance and reservation for issuance of
the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares issuable upon conversion
or exercise thereof) have been duly authorized by the
Company’s Board of Directors and no further consent or
authorization of the Company, its Board of Directors, or its
shareholders is required, (iii) this Agreement has been duly
executed and delivered by the Company by its authorized
representative, and such authorized representative is the true and
official representative with authority to sign this Agreement and
the other documents executed in connection herewith and bind the
Company accordingly, and (iv) this Agreement constitutes, and upon
execution and delivery by the Company of the Registration Rights
Agreement, the Notes and the Warrants, each of such instruments
will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its
terms.
c.
Capitalization . As of the date hereof, the authorized capital
stock of the Company consists of (i) 750,000,000 shares of Common
Stock, of which 148,515,423 shares are issued and outstanding,
8,645,867 shares are reserved for issuance pursuant to the
Company’s stock option plans, 25,288,891 shares are
reserved for issuance pursuant to securities (other than the Notes
and the Warrants) exercisable for, or convertible into or
exchangeable for shares of Common Stock and 5,901,961 shares
are reserved for issuance upon conversion of the Notes and exercise
of the Warrants (subject to adjustment pursuant to the
Company’s covenant set forth in Section 4(h) below); and (ii)
20,000,000 shares of preferred stock, of which 0 shares are issued
and outstanding. All of such outstanding shares of capital stock
are, or upon issuance will be, duly authorized, validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable. No shares of capital stock of the
Company are subject to preemptive rights or any other similar
rights of the shareholders of the Company or any liens or
encumbrances imposed through the actions or failure to act of the
Company. Except as disclosed in Schedule 3(c) , as
of the effective date of this Agreement, (i) there are no
outstanding options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe for,
puts, calls, rights of first refusal, agreements, understandings,
claims or other commitments or rights of any character whatsoever
relating to, or securities or rights convertible into or
exchangeable for any shares of capital stock of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries, or arrangements by which the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries is or may become bound to issue additional shares
of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii)
there are no agreements or arrangements under which the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries is obligated to register the sale of any of
its or their securities under the 1933 Act (except the Registration
Rights Agreement) and (iii) there are no anti-dilution or price
adjustment provisions contained in any security issued by the
Company (or in any agreement providing rights to security holders)
that will be triggered by the issuance of the Notes, the Warrants,
the Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares. The Company has furnished
to the Buyer true and correct copies of the Company’s
Articles of Incorporation as in effect on the date hereof (“
Articles of Incorporation ”), the
Company’s By-laws, as in effect on the date hereof (the
“ By-laws ”), and the terms of all
securities convertible into or exercisable for Common Stock of the
Company and the material rights of the holders thereof in respect
thereto. The Company shall provide the Buyer with a written update
of this representation signed by the Company’s Chief
Executive or Chief Financial Officer on behalf of the Company as of
the Closing Date.
d.
Issuance of
Shares . The
Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares are duly authorized and
reserved for issuance and, upon conversion of the Notes and
exercise of the Warrants in accordance with their respective terms,
will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and free
from all taxes, liens, claims and encumbrances with respect to the
issue thereof and shall not be subject to preemptive rights or
other similar rights of shareholders of the Company and will not
impose personal liability upon the holder thereof.
e.
Acknowledgment of
Dilution . The
Company understands and acknowledges the potentially dilutive
effect to the Common Stock upon the issuance of the Conversion
Shares and Warrant Shares upon conversion of the Note or exercise
of the Warrants. The Company further acknowledges that its
obligation to issue Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares upon
conversion of the Notes or exercise of the Warrants in accordance
with this Agreement, the Notes and the Warrants is absolute and
unconditional regardless of the dilutive effect that such issuance
may have on the ownership interests of other shareholders of the
Company.
f.
No
Conflicts . The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the
Registration Rights Agreement, the Notes and the Warrants by the
Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the
issuance and reservation for issuance of the Conversion Shares and
Warrant Shares) will not (i) conflict with or result in a violation
of any provision of the Articles of Incorporation or By-laws or
(ii) violate or conflict with, or result in a breach of any
provision of, or constitute a default (or an event which with
notice or lapse of time or both could become a default) under, or
give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration
or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture, patent, patent
license or instrument to which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of any law,
rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including federal and
state securities laws and regulations and regulations of any
self-regulatory organizations to which the Company or its
securities are subject) applicable to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or by which any property or asset of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries is bound or affected (except for such
conflicts, defaults, terminations, amendments, accelerations,
cancellations and violations as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect). Neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of its Articles of
Incorporation, By-laws or other organizational documents and
neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in default (and
no event has occurred which with notice or lapse of time or both
could put the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in default) under,
and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken any
action or failed to take any action that would give to others any
rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of,
any agreement, indenture or instrument to which the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any property or assets
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or affected,
except for possible defaults as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. The businesses of the
Company and its Subsidiaries, if any, are not being conducted, and
shall not be conducted so long as a Buyer owns any of the
Securities, in violation of any law, ordinance or regulation of any
governmental entity. Except as specifically contemplated by this
Agreement and as required under the 1933 Act and any applicable
state securities laws, the Company is not required to obtain any
consent, authorization or order of, or make any filing or
registration with, any court, governmental agency, regulatory
agency, self regulatory organization or stock market or any third
party in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its
obligations under this Agreement, the Registration Rights
Agreement, the Notes or the Warrants in accordance with the terms
hereof or thereof or to issue and sell the Notes and Warrants in
accordance with the terms hereof and to issue the Conversion Shares
upon conversion of the Notes and the Warrant Shares upon exercise
of the Warrants. Except as disclosed in Schedule
3(f) , all consents, authorizations, orders, filings and
registrations which the Company is required to obtain pursuant to
the preceding sentence have been obtained or effected on or prior
to the date hereof. The Company is not in violation of the listing
requirements of the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board (the “
OTCBB ”) and does not reasonably anticipate
that the Common Stock will be delisted by the OTCBB in the
foreseeable future. The Company and its Subsidiaries are unaware of
any facts or circumstances which might give rise to any of the
foregoing.
g.
SEC Documents; Financial
Statements .
Except as disclosed in Schedule 3(g) , the Company
has timely filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and
other documents required to be filed by it with the SEC pursuant to
the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the “ 1934 Act ”) (all of
the foregoing filed prior to the date hereof and all exhibits
included therein and financial statements and schedules thereto and
documents (other than exhibits to such documents) incorporated by
reference therein, being hereinafter referred to herein as the
“ SEC Documents ”). The Company has
delivered to each Buyer true and complete copies of the SEC
Documents, except for such exhibits and incorporated documents. As
of their respective dates, the SEC Documents complied in all
material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the
rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable
to the SEC Documents, and none of the SEC Documents, at the time
they were filed with the SEC, contained any untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading. None of the statements made in any such SEC
Documents is, or has been, required to be amended or updated under
applicable law (except for such statements as have been amended or
updated in subsequent filings prior the date hereof). As of their
respective dates, the financial statements of the Company included
in the SEC Documents complied as to form in all material respects
with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and
regulations of the SEC with respect thereto. Such financial
statements have been prepared in accordance with United States
generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied,
during the periods involved (except (i) as may be otherwise
indicated in such financial statements or the notes thereto, or
(ii) in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent
they may not include footnotes or may be condensed or summary
statements) and fairly present in all material respects the
consolidated financial position of the Company and its consolidated
Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and the consolidated results
of their operations and cash flows for the periods then ended
(subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end
audit adjustments). Except as set forth in the financial statements
of the Company included in the SEC Documents, the Company has no
liabilities, contingent or otherwise, other than (i) liabilities
incurred in the ordinary course of business subsequent to March 31,
2006 and (ii) obligations under contracts and commitments incurred
in the ordinary course of business and not required under generally
accepted accounting principles to be reflected in such financial
statements, which, individually or in the aggregate, are not
material to the financial condition or operating results of the
Company.
h.
Absence of Certain
Changes . Since
March 31, 2006, there has been no material adverse change and no
material adverse development in the assets, liabilities, business,
properties, operations, financial condition, results of operations
or prospects of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
i.
Absence of
Litigation .
There is no action, suit, claim, proceeding, inquiry or
investigation before or by any court, public board, government
agency, self-regulatory organization or body pending or, to the
knowledge of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, threatened
against or affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or
their officers or directors in their capacity as such, that could
have a Material Adverse Effect. Schedule 3(i)
contains a complete list and summary description of any pending or,
to the knowledge of the Company, threatened proceeding against or
affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, without regard to
whether it would have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and
its Subsidiaries are unaware of any facts or circumstances which
might give rise to any of the foregoing.
j.
Patents, Copyrights,
etc . The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries owns or possesses the
requisite licenses or rights to use all patents, patent
applications, patent rights, inventions, know-how, trade secrets,
trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, service names,
trade names and copyrights (“ Intellectual
Property ”) necessary to enable it to conduct its
business as now operated (and, except as set forth in
Schedule 3(j) hereof, to the best of the
Company’s knowledge, as presently contemplated to be operated
in the future); there is no claim or action by any person
pertaining to, or proceeding pending, or to the Company’s
knowledge threatened, which challenges the right of the Company or
of a Subsidiary with respect to any Intellectual Property necessary
to enable it to conduct its business as now operated (and, except
as set forth in Schedule 3(j) hereof, to the best
of the Company’s knowledge, as presently contemplated to be
operated in the future); to the best of the Company’s
knowledge, the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ current
and intended products, services and processes do not infringe on
any Intellectual Property or other rights held by any person; and
the Company is unaware of any facts or circumstances which might
give rise to any of the foregoing. The Company and each of its
Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the
secrecy, confidentiality and value of their Intellectual
Property.
k.
No Materially Adverse
Contracts, Etc .
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any
charter, corporate or other legal restriction, or any judgment,
decree, order, rule or regulation which in the judgment of the
Company’s officers has or is expected in the future to have a
Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries is a party to any contract or agreement which in the
judgment of the Company’s officers has or is expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect.
l.
Tax
Status . Except
as set forth on Schedule 3(l) , the Company and
each of its Subsidiaries has made or filed all federal, state and
foreign income and all other tax returns, reports and declarations
required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject (unless and
only to the extent that the Company and each of its Subsidiaries
has set aside on its books provisions reasonably adequate for the
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